Whats on your menu today?
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Tuna bake today with chopped tomatos, capsicum, spinach, celery, carrot, sour cream and a shedload of cheese on top.
I had a double portion of that at lunch (no breakfast again today, still working off last night's monster scrambled egg fest) to take my carbs up to 24 (mostly from the tomato and carrot content, big deal) and calories to 572.
Going to cook up some sausages (2g of carbs per sausage) later for dinner with some salad and will take some with me to sustain me as I play cricket tomorrow.
I love sausage burps, you don't get that with a bowl of Special Freaking K.0 -
As a low carb eater, I usually don't indulge in pita bread. But Joseph's makes a pita that works nicely with this way of eating, and every now and then...
This morning I sprayed a little butter cooking spray in the pan and toasted up one of those pitas on both sides with a little onion and garlic powder.
I nuked some egg beaters. When the warm pita came out of the pan, I spread a wedge of Chipotle Fresco Laughing Cow cheese over half of the pita, spooned salsa verde over the cheese, and layered the egg on top of that and topped with a half Tbs of 1 carb ketchup.
Yum-mo!0 -
Hi all! These were my eats for today~
B-scrambled eggs with a little bacon and ham with a sprinkle of cheddar
S1-Raw Red Pepper and String Cheese
L-*Broccoli Salad and string cheese
D-Lemon Chicken Salad from Trader Joe's
I've just returned to eating low carb after having some pretty nasty sugar/carb binges lately. I'm so happy with how I've felt the last couple of days I could cry!
*For the Broccoli Salad, I did a fairly standard take on it and omitted the normal raisins/cranberries and used Truvia to sweeten it
2 bunches broccoli cut into small florets and blanched in boilimg water for 1-2 minutes
3 slices bacon, crumbled and cooked
2 T raw walnuts (cashews are also good), chopped
1-2 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
2-3 T raw red or sweet yellow onion, very small dice
Dressing
1/4-1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1-2 packets Truvia or sweetener of choice
Salt and Pepper to taste
Put salad ingredients together in bowl. Whisk dressing together, taste to see if it is the sweetness level you like, and then pour over salad. It's better if it sits in the fridge for a couple hours before you eat it.0 -
the other day i had some chicken left from the previous night...so the next day for dinner i sliced it up and then fried some spinach in a pan then put the chicken in then cracked 3 eggs on top so that its like an omelette except the yolks are still intact which is nice the have the yolk with chicken nom nom nom
usually i like to have like chicken, pork or beef as a steak seasoned with some "mexican chilli" powder and some garlic, and as a side i grill some asparagus or other greens with some seasoning then top it off with some aoili or whole egg mayo.... its quick, simple, easy to cook and low calorie aswell as really low carb...and i love steak of any kind so i love it haha
This sounds delicious! I love all the ideas here!0 -
I've got a 12 hour sewing event tomorrow that I'd like to stay for the whole day. I'm determined to not leave unless I get tired, I certainly won't leave because I'm out of food! Tonight I prepped chopped red and green peppers, egg salad, a couple lettuce/turkey/swiss "sandwiches", and a few things I can eat at my machine if necessary--string cheese, homemade beef jerky, almonds, and seaweed. I love planning ahead!0
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I've got a 12 hour sewing event tomorrow that I'd like to stay for the whole day. I'm determined to not leave unless I get tired, I certainly won't leave because I'm out of food! Tonight I prepped chopped red and green peppers, egg salad, a couple lettuce/turkey/swiss "sandwiches", and a few things I can eat at my machine if necessary--string cheese, homemade beef jerky, almonds, and seaweed. I love planning ahead!
That's fantastic! sounds all like yummy things
I just had my normal saturday breakfast - 2 egg omelette with provolone, low-sodium bacon, and avocado. Hopefully enough to fuel my first attempt at yoga in a few hours! 0 -
A combination of leftover steak, bacon/onion/mushroom/capsicum/peas/spinach extravaganza and probably some sausages and salad later. Meal timings completely based on hunger 0
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Well I made it through 9 hours of sewing and less than half the food lol! That omelette sounds yummy, Susannah!
And your bacon, etc extravaganza sounds amazing DeadVim!0 -
Cheddar jalapeno popper burgers! (Sans bun)
I got this from Closet Cooking. SO gooood.
I don't recall exact measurements or carb counts but this is it:
All you do is take 2 balls of hamburger meat. Flatten the balls!
Cram about a tablespoon or two of a cream cheese and roasted jalapeno mixture (To roast jalapenos, simply broil in oven till dark, remove to a ziplock, wait about 10 minutues then remove skins and seeds and dice) into one side of meat.. then put the other ball of meat on top while crimping edges and flattening out the burger.
Wrap with 2 strips of bacon!
Grill or pan fry and top with cheddar cheese.
Yummmmm
I had this today with a salad.0 -
B - 2 EGG OMLETTE WITH ROASTED ZUCCHINI AND CHEESE
SNACK 1 - 1 OZ DUTCH CHEESE
L- LAMB CHOP WITH LETTUCE AND TOMATO SALAD (GREEK DRESSING) + 15G NUTS
SNACK 2 - ATKINS SHAKE
D - CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS, ROAST PUMPKIN, BROCCOLI AND ZUCCHINI
DESSERT - INDUCTION PUDDING, MMMMMM....... (CREAM, COCOA AND SPLENDA)
UNDER 1500 CAL, 100G FAT, 20 NET CARBS 0 -
Breakfast and Lunch - Beef stir fry with onion, capsicum and leafy veggies, lashings of Cayenne Pepper. Coffee and cream.
Dinner - Spicy tuna salad with some garlic bread (I'm upping the carb limit a touch, if I don't I swear I will waste away ...). Coffee and cream.
Snacks - Cheese and a few picked onions. Red wine
I am currently out of eggs and bacon which does not make me a happy camper ... grocery shop tomorrow ...0 -
Breakfast and Lunch - Beef stir fry with onion, capsicum and leafy veggies, lashings of Cayenne Pepper. Coffee and cream.
Dinner - Spicy tuna salad with some garlic bread (I'm upping the carb limit a touch, if I don't I swear I will waste away ...). Coffee and cream.
Snacks - Cheese and a few picked onions. Red wine
I am currently out of eggs and bacon which does not make me a happy camper ... grocery shop tomorrow ...
OOOHH.. how many carbs in your garlic bread?? yumm...0 -
I had a hard week emotionally and retreated to eating carbs. I felt awful, bloated and blech, and got back into the groove today.
Breakfast--cheesy broccoli vegetable soup I made, plus some ham added to it, and a delicious salad of farm fresh red leaf lettuce (got my first farm share yesterday!), ripe tomato, and blue cheese dressing.
Lunch--Low carb fried chicken and gravy, nom! (I posted the pic and recipe in the pic thread)
Dinner--Salad0 -
OOOHH.. how many carbs in your garlic bread?? yumm...
Hold on, I'll look it up ...
75g of Woolworths Home Brand - Garlic Bread ... 243cals 31g carbs 11g fat 6g protein
So that was 31g out of 60g carbs total for the day.
My target is usually 30g of carbs (mostly from veggies) so I pushed the boat out a bit, and very nice the overly processed stick thing was too. There is something fundamentally great about mopping up sauce with bread ...
I'm trying to find a way of gradually introducing the carbs back and white bread wouldn't usually be my first choice. I'm thinking more legumes and starchy veg is the way to go.
Today is:
Breakfast - Leftover chopped beef with veggies, plenty of cayenne pepper/tabasco (I am a heat nut) and a hunk of cheese
Lunch - Not sure yet (still processing breakfast), I'm thinking of grilling a couple of eggs in halves of bell pepper ala this : http://www.marksdailyapple.com/grilled-eggs-with-mexican-chorizo/#axzz1xLr5T2C2. Looks ace.
Dinner - I suspect some mashed sweet potato (the best potato), peas and some disgustingly overprocessed but still OK really frozen Salmon Cakes.
If I need a snack it will be some tinned spicy (of course) tuna with maybe a dollop of mayo. One day I will make my own mayo because the shop stuff is full of Bad.
Meat, Eggs, Veggies, Spice and some Fish ... doesn't seem bad to me ... apparently this way of eating is 'difficult to follow in the long term' ... Ha!0 -
Hi friends- can any of you offer me your advice please?
Have a look at my diary and tell me what you think of my carb count. I like to experiment with juicing for the micro nutrients, but it has bumped up my carb count considerably today.
Any advice would be helpful- I know it's an opinion thing, I'd be interested to hear yours.
many thanks,
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Hi friends- can any of you offer me your advice please?
Have a look at my diary and tell me what you think of my carb count. I like to experiment with juicing for the micro nutrients, but it has bumped up my carb count considerably today.
Any advice would be helpful- I know it's an opinion thing, I'd be interested to hear yours.
many thanks,
Kym
Your diary is not set to be public..0 -
Late breakfast/lunch--3 egg omelete with bacon and cheese and tons of mushrooms
Snack--Atkins Nut Roll Bar (so yummy! This may be my go-to treat!)
Dinner--We're going out, so a nice chicken salad from Applebee's or Red Robin, not sure where we're going0 -
set to pubic now- actually pressed the save changes button......0
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set to pubic now- actually pressed the save changes button......
Now, before I get into what I see/think, would like to know is something not working?
Weight coming off? Cravings in check? Generally feel pretty good? If so on all of those, then don't change anything.0 -
I'm at goal weight- have been for about a year now. I've been on about 30g of carbs/day.
I would like to add more vegies via juicing, but I was concerned about the extra carb count causing me to gain weight.
I feel fine- have done for ages!0 -
Then I think I would just keep an eye out on the scale for a week or two - I don't think bumping up to 50-60 g of carbs will cause weight gain - especially if your calories are roughly the same. Looking at your diary it looks pretty good - you might consider looking at Atkins Phase 3 - it actually tells you how to step up your carbs and monitor your weight so you can find what your threshold is before gaining. You probably can go considerably higher than where you are now - the caveat is not letting your calorie counts creep up too high with it. (That may be an unpopular sentiment on a low carb board, but I think once your body chemistry is set, it is absolutely about calories in/out.)I'm at goal weight- have been for about a year now. I've been on about 30g of carbs/day.
I would like to add more vegies via juicing, but I was concerned about the extra carb count causing me to gain weight.
I feel fine- have done for ages!0 -
Pre-breakfast (ie, while driving the nephews to school)--Atkins mocha latte shaked
Breakfast- 4 oz Sausage and 2 Eggs
Lunch--Broccoli cheese soup leftovers, veggies
Dinner--Leftover lasagna (eggplant and yellow squash subbed for noodles), salad0 -
Brekkie - A hunk of cheese and some mixed raw nuts, coffee and cream
Lunch - Leftover lamb mince thing with peppers, onion, spinach (which I have recently developed a taste for) and cayenne pepper
Dinner - Some pork mince thing with veggies and small serving of mashed sweet potato with garlic
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I've been trying to come up with some new ideas too. I'm getting a little tired of chicken and salad.
Tonight I had 1 link Jennie O - Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage sauteed with bell pepper and onion. It was delish!
Calories: 193
Carbs: 9
Fiber: 2
Protein: 18
Fat: 10
Then for dessert Yasso - Blueberry Frozen Greek Yogurt. Nom nom nom!
Calories: 70
Carbs: 12
Fiber: 0
Protein: 6
Fat: 00 -
Madness today, I've logged everything under breakfast ... School sports day means no time for proper breakfast and the rest was picnicking and an ad-hoc dinner.
I made sure I avoided grains, sugar and processed food so I am good with my choices, a decent hunk of cheese to start the day, some raw nuts as snacks and a big serving of scrambled eggs with bacon, cheese, spinach and spices for dinner will do me fine.
The rest is celery, hard-boiled eggs, ham, a few dips and assorted cheese ... All good stuff
Why, historically, did I need breadsticks? A slice of bread? Pitta?! Happily passed them by today ...0 -
2 cans of Spicy Tuna and a hunk of cheese for breakfast (with coffee and cream), my usual spicy scrambled eggs/bacon/cheese/spinach extravanganza for lunch, roasted organic chicken and salad for dinner, a handful of raw nuts as a snack. And a generous quantity of wine to end the day
Big day tomorrow so I'll need the scrambled eggs and stuff for breakfast to get me through. I do like knowing I am never going to get 'starving hungry' eating this way.0 -
Just getting back into MFP and back on the low carb lifestyle....
Breakfast...Just discovered Egg Beaters All Natural Egg Whites Florentine. I'm a 'real egg' person, but these are really good. Adding them to my normal routine.
Lunch: Salad with Chicken Breast
Dinner: Organic Spring Salad Mix & a Protein
Dona0 -
2 cans of Spicy Tuna and a hunk of cheese for breakfast (with coffee and cream), my usual spicy scrambled eggs/bacon/cheese/spinach extravanganza for lunch, beef stir fry with capsicum, spinach and onion for dinner, a handful of raw nuts as a snack. And a generous quantity of wine to end the day ... Yup, more or less a cut and paste job ...
Playing cricket tomorrow and will have leave early so I've precooked breakfast/lunch ... 2 hard-boiled eggs, a handful of raw nuts and two spicy sausages. That will tide me over until I get home for a decent dinner and will also mean I avoid the usual bread-heavy fodder on sale at lunchtime.0 -
I am out of eggs, it's going to be porterhouse steak with much fried veggies for breakfast and lunch tomorrow, a bit of hot English mustard and all will be good.
Dinner is an unknown right now, maybe a tuna bake ...0 -
Baked Gammon joint (Big Ham)
with cauliflower cheese and wilted spinach seasoned with pepper & nutmeg.
mmmmm baked ham......with mustard!!0
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